General News Thread

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Nearly revealed his true self there....

"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."

Edited 10 March by leicsmac

[Free Falling Foxes]

10 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

"Hell is empty, and all the devils are here."

Another quote from Will:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves .......

[leicsmac]

16 minutes ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Another quote from Will:

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves .......

Indeed. 

 

Also, on the topic of such things, I would very much recommend the book Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

[danny.]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Over 70 million people considered the current occupant of the White House to be President material. 

 

Sadly the thought processes of quite a few people appear... rather inexplicable. 

What a choice presented to them though!

[leicsmac]

9 minutes ago, danny. said:

What a choice presented to them though!

Yes, out of over 300 million people, are they really finding their best?

 

That being said, they made the wrong choice for a second time (it is, once again, inexplicable that an insurrection attempt was not a deal-breaker) and now it's almost everyone's problem. 

 

 

[danny.]

2 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Yes, out of over 300 million people, are they really finding their best?

 

That being said, they made the wrong choice for a second time (it is, once again, inexplicable that an insurrection attempt was not a deal-breaker) and now it's almost everyone's problem. 

 

 

I mean tbf I imagine most countries have far better candidates but yea in the USA there must be 10s of millions of people who’d do a far better job. 

[MPH]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Over 70 million people considered the current occupant of the White House to be President material. 

 

Sadly the thought processes of quite a few people appear... rather inexplicable. 

 Do you wake up in the morning and think your cereal box looks like the white house? 

 

have a day off!

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, MPH said:

 Do you wake up in the morning and think your cereal box looks like the white house? 

 

have a day off!

I wouldn't insult a good box of Corn Flakes in that fashion. 

 

And when it stops being the world's problem, then I might have a day off. Until then, it's a useful thing to redirect my anger from the City defence being dodgier than a chocolate teapot sold to me by Del Boy Trotter. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, MPH said:

 Do you wake up in the morning and think your cereal box looks like the white house? 

 

have a day off!

Clearly not.

 

A cereal box would look stupid with a ballroom extension.

[worthosoriginals]

2 hours ago, danny. said:

What a choice presented to them though!

Clueless trump loving post

[Trav Le Bleu]

Because, as we all know...

 

Blackwood: Barber suffers fractured skull during 16-man brawl - BBC News

 

https://share.google/AwHzhnnvqpiE2uQRH

 

Turkish hairdressers are just a front for money laundering.

 

 

NB, I'm not saying this is what that is, but it's fuel to the fire for those who do say this.

 

Also expect it to be brought up at Reform rallies nationwide.

[MPH]

33 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Clearly not.

 

A cereal box would look stupid with a ballroom extension.

 

That ballroom might have a lot of nuts in it though…

[kenny]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Because, as we all know...

 

Blackwood: Barber suffers fractured skull during 16-man brawl - BBC News

 

https://share.google/AwHzhnnvqpiE2uQRH

 

Turkish hairdressers are just a front for money laundering.

 

 

NB, I'm not saying this is what that is, but it's fuel to the fire for those who do say this.

 

Also expect it to be brought up at Reform rallies nationwide.

So pleased you raised this. I noticed an 8th barber has just opened in blaby. It's  not a Turkish one, but it is carrying on the new blaby traditional of non hair cutting businesses.

 

I for one am pleased that the excessive hair lengths displayed in our town have come to an end.

[Lionator]

12 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Because, as we all know...

 

Blackwood: Barber suffers fractured skull during 16-man brawl - BBC News

 

https://share.google/AwHzhnnvqpiE2uQRH

 

Turkish hairdressers are just a front for money laundering.

 

 

NB, I'm not saying this is what that is, but it's fuel to the fire for those who do say this.

 

Also expect it to be brought up at Reform rallies nationwide.

I don’t really get why the left don’t go hard on these places to try and win some trust back. I’m a leftie and I would get these places shut down on the basis of clear people trafficking, money laundering and destroying small, local community business opportunity, all things that the left should absolutely be against. 

[Lionator]

EU clowns at their finest 

[leicsmac]

10 minutes ago, Lionator said:

EU clowns at their finest 

The outcry in the aftermath of Fukushima was both ridiculous and damaging. So many people who should know better making bad decisions.

 

The big oil and gas companies must have thought it as all their Christmases come at once. To the detriment of the future of us all. 

Edited 11 March by leicsmac

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

The outcry in the aftermath of Fukushima was both ridiculous and damaging. So many people who should know better making bad decisions.

 

The big oil and gas companies must have thought it as all their Christmases come at once. To the detriment of the future of us all. 

Well you know how we often get Tsunamis in Europe.

[leicsmac]

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Well you know how we often get Tsunamis in Europe.

Right. 

 

The casual ignorance of science and how it appear to bleed over into policymaking right now is... well, interesting. 

 

The next time nations base policies on such ignorance, the cost might not be so low as it has been (so far) for things like this and Covid, for instance. 

[South Shire Fox]

Anyone else think Trump started this war so he can promote the Venezuelan oil hes stealing? Make prices sky high by stopping shipping routes in the middle east then get the world relying on oil they are trying to flog?

[leicsmac]

9 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Anyone else think Trump started this war so he can promote the Venezuelan oil hes stealing? Make prices sky high by stopping shipping routes in the middle east then get the world relying on oil they are trying to flog?

That could well be a corollary that he and his backers are looking for. 

 

Personal gain of money and therefore power being the only thing that matters to him, naturally. 

 

But there are other self interested reasons that he let it go ahead, too. One thing is for sure - it's certainly not out of any sense of altruism whatsoever. 

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, South Shire Fox said:

Anyone else think Trump started this war so he can promote the Venezuelan oil hes stealing? Make prices sky high by stopping shipping routes in the middle east then get the world relying on oil they are trying to flog?

he started this war because he’s an idiot and none of his little minions have the balls to stand up to him. 

[Sampson]

5 minutes ago, Lionator said:

he started this war because he’s an idiot and none of his little minions have the balls to stand up to him. 

Same thing happened to Stalin - get rid of anyone who dares disagree with you and surround yourself with people who think you’re the 2nd coming of Christ and will say yes to anything you want while calling anyone who argues with you a “woke cancer” and yeah, you won’t be making carefully critiqued and debated arguments anymore 

[st albans fox]

Given that Iran has a lot of Chinese weapons and systems, does the past ten days make Taiwan a bit more secure ?

seems that the missiles and drones are about all that have performed to a reasonable level (and tbh, vast majority of the missiles have been intercepted) 

The missiles and drones are not Chinese sourced. 

[Lionator]

2 hours ago, Sampson said:

Same thing happened to Stalin - get rid of anyone who dares disagree with you and surround yourself with people who think you’re the 2nd coming of Christ and will say yes to anything you want while calling anyone who argues with you a “woke cancer” and yeah, you won’t be making carefully critiqued and debated arguments anymore 

Yup his first term was full of sackings and churn whereas this time it’s been over a year and we’ve only had one person sacked in Noem 

[Lionator]

What happens with regard to nato if Isr attacks Turkey like they are threatening to do?